FRAT. ORDER OF POLICE v. MONTGOMERY CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Chen, Jr. (Chen & McCabe, LLP, Rockville, MD; Martha L. Handman , Martha L. Handman, P.C., Gaithersburg, MD), on brief, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Edward B. Lattner , Chief, Division of Government Operations ( Charles L. Frederick , Associate Co. Atty., Haley M. Roberts , Assistant Co. Atty., Marc P. Hansen , Co. Atty., Rockville, MD), on brief, for Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Michael E. Rosman, Esquire , Christopher J. Hajec, Esquire , Center for Individual Rights, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae brief of the Center for Individual Rights in Support of Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Jan I. Berlage, Esquire , Gohn, Hankey, Stichel & Berlage, LLP, Baltimore, MD, Steven J. Andre, Esquire , Counsel (Pro Hac Vice), for Amici Curiae brief of Mark Dierolf and Angie Morfin in Support of Petitioners.

Molly A. Elkin, Esquire , Woodley & McGillivary LLP, Carey R. Butsavage, Esquire , Butsavage & Durkalski, P.C., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae brief of Montgomery County Career Fire Fighters Association, International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1664 and Montgomery County Government Employees Organization, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1994 in Support of Petitioners.

M. Andee Green, Esquire , Co. Atty., William A. Snoddy, Esquire , Deputy Co. Atty.—Litigation, Prince George's County Office of Law, Upper Marlboro, MD, George A. Nilson, Esquire , City Solicitor, William A. Phelan, Jr., Esquire , Chief Solicitor, Frederic Smalkin, Jr. , Assistant Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, MD, Nancy McCutchan Duden, Esquire , Co. Atty., Anne Arundel County Office of Law, Annapolis, MD, for Amici Curiae brief of Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and Prince George's County, Maryland.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS, IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned) and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned) JJ.